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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1987 April; 53(4): 627-632
Copyright © 1987, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Microplate Assay for Colletotrichum Spore Production

¹ Department of Plant Pathology, Department of Soil Science, ² and Departments of Statistics and Forestry, ³ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

ABSTRACT

A simple microplate method was devised to assay spore production by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides by growing the fungus on 1 ml of solid media in the wells of tissue culture plates. Growth and sporulation on microplates were compared at days 4 and 8 with growth and sporulation in 100-ml liquid batch cultures that involved 11 common media. Spore production per unit volume of medium was the same for solid and liquid forms of the media. Qualitative assessment of mycelial growth measured on microplates agreed with that of growth measured in liquid cultures. The microplate assay indicated that V8 juice was the best medium and that an organic content of about 6 mg/ml was optimal for high sporulation and low mycelium production. The assay provides a convenient, rapid, and inexpensive means of screening media for the production of fungal conidia in large numbers, to be used, for example, in biological control programs.

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